Profile dependencies can be used to build a large profile out of smaller "mini" or "sub" profiles. For example, if you want to have a more modular version of the Company Intranet profile you can use dependencies to include the blog configuration, and then use that same blog configuration in another profile.

By installing the MyConfigurationRepositoryProfile profile, the following profiles would be installed:

MyConfigurationRepositoryProfile (everything on the original page.)

BugTrackerProfile

ClientManagementProfile

CategoryTreeProfile (if this profile is referenced in ClientManagementProfile for example)

SampleDataProfile

Current Limitations

Dependencies need to be all in one YAML block

The referenced profiles need to be named without spaces or the words must be joined together using underscore (no spaces or dashes, ex: User_Tracker)

If you develop a profile with dependencies, please note that newly added dependencies where the referenced profiles contain profile requests (for user input) may not appear until you freshen and re-install your database

When there is anything changed in the dependent profile, it is not re-applied after doing the "Forget and Re-Apply" action (only newly added dependencies are applied)

Branching

See also Branching, which is a way to insert contents of other YAML files (which need not to be complete profiles) within a profile.